One review on 19 Jan 2014
First Published: 1998
Fiction
Armadillo
Author: William Boyd
synopsis extract: Lorimer/Milo is a loss-adjuster who gets caught up on the periphery of a big business property deal insurance scam dimly glimpsed through the filter of his perceptions as he becomes obsessed with an ...
Publisher:
Penguin
Date first read:
Sun 19th Jan 2014
Format: Paperback
Catalogued: 22nd Dec 2024
Synopsis
Lorimer/Milo is a loss-adjuster who gets caught up on the periphery of a big business property deal insurance scam dimly glimpsed through the filter of his perceptions as he becomes obsessed with an actress and deals with the dying of his father and random violence
Reviews
Review of "Armadillo"
by Roger on Sun 19th Jan 2014.
An enjoyable read, uses occasional extracts from his personal journal as a device to provide some backstory and context. Quite a page turner, almost an English version of Pynchon's Crying of Lot 49. Similar open ending as he waits in the departure lounge of LHR Terminal 3 paging Flavia. An open ending…
